Talking to your College-Aged Daughters About Campus Safety

Christmas break is the perfect time to talk to your college-aged daughters about campus safety and self-defense. Likely you had a lengthy discussion about personal safety before you dropped them off on campus. But after being on campus for a whole semester and staying safe the whole time, it’s possible she might decide to let her guard down a bit. And that’s when she becomes a more likely target of violence. Remind her to:

Pay attention to her surroundings

Try to avoid situations that require her to walk alone, especially at night

If she is walking alone, no earbuds, no talking on the phone, no texting. It’s important to have all your senses alert and available.

Listen to her gut. If a situation or person seems odd, strange, or just gives her a creepy feeling, get away, get help, duck into a building.